Presentation at the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture. Title: Transforming Nutrition Systems to reduce childhood stunting in eastern Indonesia and Timor Leste Speaker: Bill Bellotti

1. Transforming Nutrition
Systems to reduce childhood
stunting in eastern Indonesia
and Timor Leste
Bill Bellotti
Professor in Food Systems
University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia

3. % of Children under 5 stunted
36.4%
49.5% 31.6%
28.5%
2%
50.2%
http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.sdg.2-2-viz-1?lang=en
61.2%
Sumba Barat Daya, RISKESDAS, 2018
Key
indicator
for
SDG2

11. (Beal, 2018, A
review of child
stunting
determinants in
Indonesia,
Journal of
Maternal and
Child Nutrition)

12. Points of Leverage
• Nonexclusive breastfeeding for the first six months
• Low household socio-economic status
• Premature birth, short birth length, low maternal
height
• Low education
• Unimproved latrines and untreated drinking water
• Poor access to health care
• Living in rural areas
Beal et al, 2018

13. Gaps in Knowledge:
How do these factors contribute to child stunting?
• Education
• Society and Culture
• Agriculture and food systems
• Water, sanitation and health
Beal et al, 2018

14. Producing (WP2a)
- Horticulture
- Fisheries
Processing (WP2b)
- Drying
- Cold-chain
Exchanging (WP2c)
- Wholesale
- Retail
- Barter
Consuming food (WP2d)
- Diet
- Cooking
WASH (WP2e)
- Drinking
- Sanitation
Primary Health
Care (WP2f)
- Parasites
- Maternal
Nutrition
System
Transformation to
reduce Childhood
Stunting

15. Key Questions
1. What is the role of Climate Smart Agriculture in
reducing childhood stunting in eastern
Indonesia?
2. How do we design and evaluate CSA
interventions to reduce child stunting through
multiple ‘lenses’: culture, gender, environment,
governance/policy?